Title: The Scorch Trials Author: James Dashner Series: The Maze Runner (book 2) Publisher: Chicken House Ltd Release Date: 5 Jun. 2014 ISBN: 9781909489417 Synopsis Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. No more puzzles. And no more running. Thomas was sure that escaping meant he would get his life back. But no one knew what sort of a life they were going back to... Burned and baked, the earth is a wasteland, its people driven mad by an infection known as the Flare. Instead of freedom, Thomas must face another trial. He must cross the Scorch to once again save himself and his friends. My Review I enjoyed Maze Runner overall but had a few reservations, but I was intrigued to find out more so started to read Scorch Trials. The Gladers are out of the maze, but it's not the comforting end they hoped for, instead the experiments continue, but on a much larger and more dangerous scale. Thomas and his friends must once more band together to try and overcome all the trials an...
When the beautiful, unattainable Victoria states that the only thing Tristran Thorne could do to win her hand would be to bring her the star they watched falling from the sky – Tristran is determined to do it.
However, this means venturing beyond the relative normalcy of their village Wall and slipping into the unexplored, magical faerie land outside it.
Past the ancient wall that has guarded their town from the oddities and dangers of the enchanted realm, Tristran must keep his head as adventures and perils meet him that he could never have imagined…
Stardust was my first Neil Gaiman book!
I’ve heard of Neil Gaiman forever – and being a lover of quirky, clever books I thought it was about time I tried him out.
I have to say – Stardust was a bloody, unique, adventurous adult fairytale that was quite interesting and very good. I wouldn’t say it was as FANTASTIC as I expected – but that could be partially because of my high expectations.
For example, I wasn’t terribly invested in Tristran – not to say I didn’t like him, I did.
However, Stardust was very enjoyable with a fresh twist and prose that swept you away to what felt like a fully realized faerie world.
I fully enjoyed Stardust with its romance, danger, creepy villains, inventive creatures and character advancement.
A good first foray into Neil Gaiman’s works, I would say. I also have a copy of his middle grade novel Coraline – which I’ll get to one of these days.
I am most certainly charmed enough in Gaiman’s writing style to read more – and possibly fall in love with time.
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